Low-carbon options for the French power sector: What role for renewables, nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage?

Behrang Shirizadeh and Philippe Quirion

Energy Economics, 2021, vol. 95, issue C

Abstract: In the wake of the Paris agreement, France has set a target of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This target can only be achieved by rapidly decreasing the proportion of fossil fuels and accelerating the deployment of low-carbon technologies. We develop a detailed model of the power sector to investigate the role of different low- and negative-emission technologies in the French electricity mix and we identify the impact of the relative cost of these technologies for various values of the social cost of carbon (SCC).

Keywords: Power system modeling; Variable renewables; Negative emissions; Social cost of carbon; Nuclear energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105004

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